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It's worth noting that everything we hear (what little we hear) about the breakdown of Mina's marriage comes from Mina herself. Mina is not only bitter about her marriage, but is also noticeably neurotic and insecure about her injuries. She wears the long scarf twenty-four seven to obscure them; she is touchy about any mention of her history (both about her divorce and before); and, when she realizes that Allan has seen her scars after their night of passion, she automatically believes the worst about his reaction, so much so that she treats him coldly until he manages to convince her to let him hear him out.
 
It's possible that Harker wasn't disgusted by Mina's injuries at all -- orall—or, at least, wasn't as disturbed as Mina would have us believe. But Mina, already sensitive to the point of neurosis about her injuries, managed to convince herself that Jonathan felt that way about her. Then she treated him just like she did Allan; and, since Harker had hidden his own traumas at the hands of Dracula, he ''didn't'' force the issue. The resulting lack of communication eventually poisoned the marriage so badly that divorce was the unfortunate conclusion.
 
== The [[James Bond]] character in Black Dossier is not the same man who appears in the Bond novels and movies. ==
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* He's certainly not Pierce Brosnan. But it's possible that he's Roger Moore.
* It could be the James from the novels. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen doesn't pay much attention to the continuity of the films, just classic literature.
** But they do use characters from movies -- formovies—for example, Hynkel from The Great Dictator.
*** Yes, but there does seem to be a distinct preference for the original versions of various characters, regardless of which medium they first appeared in. Hynkel first appeared in his movie, Bond did not.
* Seeing as it is set in 1958 and he's just returned from Jamaica, it would place him within the timeframe of the book, set in 1958. The film was set in 1962. This Bond also resembles the novel Bond.
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* [[Street Fighter II|Sagat]], mauy thai expert and mercenary. He might have been persuaded to chip in in exchange for certain charges being forgotten.
* [[Sin City|Marv]], badass on par with Chuck Norris (though not nearly as powerful.)
* [[Friday the 13th|Jason Voorhees]]. The League aren't averse to taking in invisible rapists, rampaging monsters, or terrorists in submarines--theysubmarines—they probably wouldn't lose much sleep over hiring a serial killer. With the right amount of brainwashing and/or mystical control, he'd be a good guy to have on their leash.
* An aging [[Godzilla|Dr. Daisuke Serizawa]], who'd been presumed dead and in hiding since the 1950s, served as the team's science advisor, and used his experience with [[Kaiju|unusual creatures]] to help the team battle supernatural threats.
* [[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers|Jason Scott, Trini Kwan, and Zack Taylor]], a trio of [[Recruit Teenagers with Attitude|teenagers]] hailing from Angel Grove, California, joined after the League discovered them at a peace conference in Switzerland. They used their martial art skills and past experience with [[Kaiju|monsters]] and [[Humongous Mecha|robotics]] to help the League battle extraterrestrial threats.
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== Notes on companies, brands, and public figures ==
Moore has stated that [[Lost|Driveshaft]] and the actor [[Entourage|Vince Chase]] would be alluded to. What other brands, bands and actors would 2009 feature? Would teenagers pirate the latest [[Tropic Thunder|Kirk Lazarus]] movie on [[Portal (series)|Aperture]] brand laptops? At night would they choose between take out at [[The Simpsons (animation)|Krusty Burger]] or [[Dogma|Mooby's?]] Do fans gather in [[Snow Crash|The Metaverse]] to argue over the latest episode of [[Community|Inspector Spacetime?]]
* In this world, the fictional show ''[[Galaxy Quest]]'' is probably their equivalent of ''[[Star Trek]]''. I would also image that ''[[Family Guy|Kiss Saves Santa]]'' is a popular holiday classic.
* [[Stargate SG-1|Wormhole X-Treme!]] is a classic sci-fi series in reruns that spawned two spin-offs, [[Stargate Atlantis|Wormhole:]] [[Cthulhu Mythos|R'lyeh]] and [[Stargate Universe|Wormhole: Total Perspective Vortex]].
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== The regions in the [[Pokémon]] franchise are the geologically warped remains of Japan ==
Personally, I blame a technologically top-heavy [[Gulliver's Travels|Laputa]] around the latter half of the 20th century. Would you trust those [[TV Genius|TV Geniuses]]es with nuclear technology?
 
== The Moonchild will be an AI ==
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